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Surf Fishing Participants only compete against other Surf Fishing ParticipantsPier Fishing Participants only compete against other Pier Fishing Participants
No participant can enter both the Surf Fishing Division and the Pier Fishing Division–you can only enter one.

Surf Categories: Bluefish, Flounder, Black Drum, and Sea MulletPier Categories: Bluefish, Flounder, Black Drum, and Sea MulletEntry Fee: $60 per angler before October 21; $70 per angler after October 21 (one entry fee gets you in all four categories except Red Drum Calcutta)Surf Red Drum TWT: $25 per angler (Surf Red Drum TWT is optional–it is offered as another way for tournament participants to win money)Pier Trout TWT: $25 per angler (Pier Trout TWT is optional–it is offered as another way for tournament participants to win money)Over $16,000 in cash and prizes (based on 200 entries in the Surf division and 100 entries in the Pier division)

Surf Boundaries: Must fish from a Topsail Island beach.Pier Fishing Boundaries: Must fish from a Topsail Island pier.Four Weigh-in Locations: Surf City Pier, East Coast Sports, Jolly Roger Pier, and Seaview Pier.Tournament Headquarters: under the big tent in the East Coast Sports parking lot

Live Updates: There are three updates throughout the tournament weekend: Saturday 10:00 am; Saturday 8:00 pm; and Sunday 9:00 am. Updates will be posted in three places:

Facebook: Latest updates will be posted to the top of our feed on the Fisherman’s Post Facebook page.

Weigh-In Stations: Latest updates will be posted at each weigh-in station on the tournament whiteboard.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Registration: Friday, November 1, from 4:00 pm – 11:00 pm (everyone must stop by Registration/Tournament HQ to receive their tournament wrist band and have the band placed upon their wrist–no exceptions!)Fish Time Starts: Friday, November 1, 12:00 midnight.Fish Time Ends: Sunday, November 3, 12:00 noon.Awards Dinner: Sunday, November 3, from 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm at Tournament HQ (under the big tent in the East Coast Sports parking lot)Awards Ceremony: Sunday, November 3, at 2:00 pm at Tournament HQ (under the big tent in the East Coast Sports parking lot)Tournament Raffle: immediately following Awards

SURF PRIMARY PAYOUTS

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

Bluefish

$1000

$600

$400

$250

$100

Flounder

$1000

$600

$400

$250

$100

Sea Mullet

$500

$300

$200

$100

$50

Black Drum

$500

$300

$200

$100

$50

* Surf Primary Payouts based on 200 paid entries.

PIER PRIMARY PAYOUTS

1st

2nd

3rd

Bluefish

$1000

$750

$500

Flounder

$1000

$750

$500

Sea Mullet

$600

$400

$200

Black Drum

$600

$400

$200

* Pier Primary Payouts based on 200 paid entries.

SURF/PIER SPECIAL PRIZE PAYOUTS

Junior Angler: 1st–$50Lady Angler: 1st–$50Senior Angler: 1st–$50

Surf/Pier Special Prize Payouts guaranteed. Each Special Prize Payout awarded to either a Surf or Pier angler–whichever angler/division weighs in the heaviest fish.

PIER TROUT TWT

PIER CUP

The Pier Cup is awarded to the pier angler and the Topsail fishing pier where the heaviest leaderboard fish was weighed in. The name of the angler, the weight of the fish, and the name of the pier where the fish was caught will be engraved on the trophy.

Then the winning pier will retain possession of the Pier Cup until the next Topsail Surf & Pier Fishing Challenge when the Pier Cup will have to be defended.